HIGH
Mozilla double frame construction crashes
Published Jul 22, 2009
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.41%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.12 and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors involving double frame construction, related to (1) nsHTMLContentSink.cpp, (2) nsXMLContentSink.cpp, and (3) nsPresShell.cpp, and the nsSubDocumentFrame::Reflow function.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 3.0.11
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.7
- 0.7.1
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.9_rc
- 0.10
- 0.10.1
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.4.1
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3
- 1.5.0.4
- 1.5.0.5
- 1.5.0.6
- 1.5.0.7
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 1.5.0.11
- 1.5.0.12
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.8
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 2.0.0.2
- 2.0.0.3
- 2.0.0.4
- 2.0.0.5
- 2.0.0.6
- 2.0.0.7
- 2.0.0.8
- 2.0.0.9
- 2.0.0.10
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.15
- 2.0.0.16
- 2.0.0.17
- 2.0.0.18
- 2.0.0.19
- 2.0.0.20
- 2.0.0.21
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.10
- 2.0.0.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 2.0.0.2
- 2.0.0.3
- 2.0.0.4
- 2.0.0.5
- 2.0.0.6
- 2.0.0.7
- 2.0.0.8
- 2.0.0.9
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.15
- 2.0.0.16
- 2.0.0.17
- 2.0.0.18
- 2.0.0.19
- 2.0.0.20
- 2.0.0.21
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:3.0.12-1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1162
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:3.0.12-1.el5_3
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1162
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1162
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:3.0.12-1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1162 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:3.0.12-1.el5_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1162 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9.0.12-1.el5_3 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1162 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.41% 0.05414
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05414
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.41% (0.05414) | 92.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.41% (0.05414) | 91.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 15, 2025 | 4.33% (0.04329) | 88.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.14% (0.06139) | 89.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.75% (0.11751) | 89.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.14% (0.06139) | 90.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 8.48% (0.08481) | 94.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 4, 2024 | 56.91% (0.56914) | 97.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 1, 2024 | 53.85% (0.53846) | 97.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 25, 2023 | 49.30% (0.49295) | 97.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 56.90% (0.56899) | 97.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 93.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 92.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 82.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (22)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1162.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35914 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35943 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35944 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36005 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36145 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-265068-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020800.1-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-34.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2152 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2465 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=482578 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489050 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512135 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2465
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10402 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2465
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg01032.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jul 22, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 15, 2009
Link CVE-2009-2465
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a